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Brand New Nation: Capitalist Dreams and Nationalist Designs in Twenty-First-Century India by Ravinder Kaur. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press 2020. 360 pp., $90…
Duncan Green offers ideas to ensure we don't waste the transformational potential of the pandemic for aid's ongoing localisation challenge.
Lots of people are hailing a surge in…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 15…
Hizbullah Khan argues that the recent withdrawal of Us forces will not spell the end of the Afghan government as feared by many.
In April 2021, President Joe Biden officially…
In this long-read Robert H. Wade argues that the climate change consensus is dangerously stifling debate and analysis, and offers concrete policy recommendations to…
Chiara Oldani describes the challenges of the 2021 Italian presidency of the G20 following the pandemic year.
The year 2021 started under very bright auspices, especially for…
As countries closed their borders and quarrelled over vaccines, some thought there was little role for international organisations. Yet, say Maria J Debre (University of…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 15 years…
Fueling Resistance: The Contentious Political Economy of Biofuels and Fracking by Kate J Neville. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2021. 264 pp., £47.99 hardcover 9780197535585…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10…
The Green New Deal is the boldest and most likely the most effective way to combat the climate emergency. According to its advocates, the Green New Deal will save the planet while…
Sanjay Ruparelia argues Western countries need to resist myopic understanding of political accountability and sovereign responsibility to live up to their vaccine sharing rhetoric…
Involving stakeholders directly in the research process and co-production have become common features of research designs aimed at delivering impact. However, in practice co-…
Aleks Berditchevskaia and Kathy Peach argue that collective intelligence can help us respond to crises with greater confidence, clarity and cooperation.
A Global Pandemic…
In this open letter, International Development Guest Lecturer, Dr Stephanie Levy encourages current students to explore opportunities available around them where they can put…